THIS IS THE STORY I SENT OUT TO MY GOLF BUDDIES IN JACKSONVILLE NC:

GENTLEMEN, WITH DEEPEST REGRET'S I AM NOT GOING TO PINEHURST AS YOUR CRUISE DIRECTOR THIS YEAR. I HAVE RETIRED FROM THE GREAT GAME OF GOLF AND HAVE NOW TAKEN UP KNITTING. YOUR PROBABLY THINKING HAS BEEK SLIPPED OFF THE EDGE.... YES I DID!!! ON SUNDAY THE 21ST OF AUGUST ONE DAY AFTER MY 47TH BIRTHDAY, AT 1345 BEAR TRAIL GOLF COURSE, HOLE # 7 WITH A 7 IRON IN MY HAND FACING A BLUSTERY 167 YARD PAR THREE, I TEED UP MY TITLEIST #1 PRO V-1 GOLF BALL AND ACCOMPLISHED THE BIGGEST GOAL IN GOLF. WITH 2 OF MY BEST GOLF BUDDIES, MARTY PRUNEDA AND SHANNON SPARK'S AS MY CADDIES I MADE MY FIRST ACE (HOLE-IN-ONE)!!!!! WHEN I HIT THE SHOT MARTY SAID THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS A HOLE IN ONE. SHANNON SAID NICE SHOT AND WE GOT IN OUR CART'S AND RODE TO THE GREEN. I WAS LOOKING OVER AT THE GREEN AND COULD SEE NO BALL ON THE GREEN AS WE WERE DRIVING ALONG MARTY KEPT SAYING "BEEK IT'S IN THE HOLE". WELL MARTY AND SHANNON STOPPED THEIR CART AND I ALMOST HIT-EM. SHANNON WALKED UP TO HIS BALL TO THE LEFT OF THE GREEN, MARTY WENT TO HIS BALL ON THE BACK OF THE GREEN BEHIND THE PIN AND I WELL JUST STRODE TO THE FRONT OF THE GREEN THINKING MY BALL STOPPED JUST SHORT BEING THAT I ONLY HIT A 7 IRON AND THE PIN WAS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE GREEN. COULDN'T FIND THE BALL, MARTY SAID BEEK IT'S IN THE HOLE I'M TELLIN YOU!!! I SAID I COULDN'T LOOK IN THE HOLE BECAUSE IF IT WAS IN THERE I WOULD HAVE A DAMN MASSIVE CARDIAC ARREST RIGHT THERE ON THE DAMN GREEN. SO MARTY WALKED UP TO THE HOLE LOOKED DOWN INSIDE AND SAID COME GET YOUR DAMN BALL!!!!! WELL IT'S NOW HISTORY TOOK 37 YEARS SEEING I PICKED UP MY FIRST GOLF CLUB WHEN I WAS 10 AND A LOT OF PLEADING AND PRAYING BUT IT FINALLY HAPPENED. DON'T GIVE UP HOPE, IT WILL HAPPEN JUST LIVE RIGHT. YOU NON "ACE" GOLFERS ARE IN A WORLD OF HURT COME APRIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHANNON AND MARTY HAVE YOU FINISHED CLEANING MY SHOES AND CLUBS YET I HAVE A MATCH TO PLAY ON FRIDAY. THAT IS ALL AND TILL NEXT TIME KEEP IT LONG, STRAIGHT, AND YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU HAVE GREAT CADDIES LIKE I DID YOU JUST MIGHT BE ONE OF THE SELECTED FEW TO BEAT THE ODD'S OF THE GOLF GOD'S.

RECENTLY SWITCHED FROM THE TAYLORMADE PENTA TO THE PRO V1 AND BOY AM I GLAD I DID OR I WOULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE GREATEST FEAT/GOAL IN THE GAME OF GOLF BY MAKING A HOLE IN ONE. TURNED 47 THE DAY PRIOR IT TOOK 37 YEARS TO COMPLETE THIS FEAT SEEING I WAS ONLY 10 WHEN I PICKED UP MY FIRST GOLF CLUB. OUTSTANDING GOLF BALL AND BELEIVE ME, IT LOOKS WONDERFUL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE HOLE AFTER JUST ONE SHOT. IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA FEW DOZEN AT THE FACTORY JUST LAYING AROUND PLEASE SEND THEM ASAP!!!
SEMPER FIDELIS, & SEMPER GOLFING
GYSGT MARK W. BUECHNER U.S.M.C. (RET.)